Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-24
THE PEERLESS PRINCESS
ORDAINED TO RULE.
A Magnificent City, the Result Of
Natural Law.

i Mea talk about the building of cities an
about capital and enterprise as thougl
these can be centered at given point b.
an effort of some individual or combina
ton of persons, and great city built up
which will bear an important part in thu
trade and commerce of a great continent
| Commerce is governed by natural laws
and cities and commercial centers are the
! result of these forces or conditions. A ship
at sea running at an angle with the wind
will make Roadway to be sure, but an
other set in the course of the trade winds,
her every sail set full to the breeze, will
outstrip her in the race and travel to her
destined port with greater speed, and will
have anchored safely In the waters of the
objective bay, while her rival will be
struggling with the waves far out
upon the wide sea- Thus will a
city having natural location as
surely outrival all competing cities less ia
vorably located. The EAGLE has time and
again in the past pointed out that the juno
ton of the Big and Little Arkansas rivers
was and is the natural location for city,
which will be the commercial center of
this great new southwest. Even when
this great country was wild waste inhab-
tied by the buffalo and wolf, the red man
and the white man who crossed this wide
wild waste, seemed by natures formation,
the prairies broad stretches and the course
of streams to be irresistably brought to this
natural camping place of the red man. The
red man deserted 1t when driven away by
the onward march of civilization. The
buffalo deserted his crossing of the river
here, after his well beaten paths had re-
sounded to the tread of vast herds for ages,
only when he was met by the continual
blaze and roar Of the huntsman's uncrring
guns. The vast herds of long horns from
Texas to the new pastures Of the far off
north, only ceased to slake their thirst
where the great and small Arkansas rivers
joyfully commingle, and rest where the
cottonwood forest spread their greatful
umbage, in compliance with the enactment
of a great state. Here on this natural
camping ground people have continued to
come and halt And contrary to predic-
tons of financial wiseacres and the DEGREES |
of corporations great city is steadily and
surely being built. Wichita unlike some
other aspiring cities In this state, has not
had the benefit of large state appropriations
of money raised by taxation on the entire
state poured into her channels of trade. |
She has not been favored by railroads be-
cause, for some accountable reason, the
railroad managers have always held to the
false theory that it would be to their disad
vantage to have great commercial center
n Southern Kansas. But notwithstanding
these things exist Wichita has continued to
pay her thousands and thousands of dollars
IN taxes that have gone to help the trade Of
other cities. She has continued to pay to
he railroads her thousands and hundreds
If thousands Of dollars for transporting her
and building material that has
zone to build machine shops and fine de-
,ots at other towns And during all this
ime Wichita, the favored child of the I'm,
cen forces and natural laws of trade, which
,uild cities and go to fulfill the decree of
Tod which sayeth: "a mans heart de-
-iseth his way; but the Lord directeth his
teps," goes on and on to fulfill her destiny.
mpelled by irresistible forces she refuses
o fulfill the prophecies of her enemies, to
We the possessel of tbusted BOOM" The
nan seeking a home refuses when
lie has once seen it, to leave
Wichita and in consequence the resident
portion continues to spread. The shrewd
nerchant in search of location is persua
led that here is the place and the magnifi-
e Mt business palaces continue to go up
long our business street which are daily
hronged by surging, rustling moving
nass of humanity. The manufacturer
ees here central location in magnificent ,
ountry and he, too, knocks for admit
ance and manufacturing establishments ,
re continually being erected in all parts of !
ne city. The capitalist in search of safe !
nd profitable investment is attracted here {
nd here be leaves his wealth and in an in
redible short time Whichita is gaining
lace among the wealthy cities of the land.
hus day by day sre the forces of com ;
Iercial life concentrating energy here,
hich as surely as that the suns heat !,
rives away grim death of winter and .
rings forth the living joyous summer, will !.
ring forth city here that will be the !,
tide of this great joyous goodly land .
essed with productiveness of soil and
orious sunshine.